servidãovsservidorConfusable pair

Which to use

“servidão” and “servidor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,719
“servidão” frequency rank
#4,764
“servidor” frequency rank
25483
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature servidão servidor
Definition condição de servo aquele que serve; lacaio, serviçal

Letter map: servidão vs servidor

Shared letters muted; letters that set servidão and servidor apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. servidão (CVCCVCVV) and servidor (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
servidão
8 ch
servidor

Corpus notes: servidão and servidor

servidão and servidor are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

servidão is recorded at frequency rank #20,719, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɨɾ.vi.ˈdɐ̃w̃/. servidor is at rank #4,764, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 25483, this pair ranks #43,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of servidão vs servidor

Shared letters: deiorsv. Private to "servidão": ã. Private to "servidor": -.

"servidão" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "servidor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • servidor ← esrvidor · serivdor · serrvidor · servdior · serviddor · servidorr · servidro · serviodr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "servidão" and "servidor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "servidão" or "servidor"?
"servidor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,764 in our Portuguese list, against #20,719 for "servidão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "servidão" and "servidor". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "servidão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "servidor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "servidão" and "servidor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "serviçal vs servidão". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #43,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list